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ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
MDEV6O98 3
DEVOTED
"There are many faiths, but the Spirit
is one, in me, in you and in every man.
So that if each man believes in the
Spirit that is within him, we shall all
be united. Each man will be himself,
and all will be as one."
- Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection
TO THE CONCEPT OF FREE PRESS
Volume 89 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, May 6, 1983 Nu
Senate okays '83-'8
Rosanne West (left) and Leslie Hopkins were among the seniors in at-tendance
at Wednesday's Honors Day Convocation.
(Photo by Edith Hook)
Professor Bray speaks
at Honors Convocation
Dr. Robert Bray, associate pro-fessor
of English, spoke at the
Honors Day Convocation, honor-ing
seniors who excelled in
academics and activities.
Bray lamented the fact that ur-ban
sprawl and progress are
"robbing [Bloomington] of a
sense of distinctiveness," as
evidenced by the "ravaged heart
of the city and the devolutionized"
countryside. Bray said that the
"farmland is turning into sub-
Inside:
Finals
advice .... p.4
Summer
movie
preview .. p. 4
Second
Coming ... p. 6
Summer
theater ... p. 7
Crossword
puzzle .... p. 8
divisions" and that these "new
parts of the city can't remember
the places and values of the old."
According to Bray, real estate
planners are attempting to ar-tifically
create a new sense of
place and myth by naming their
subdivisions with names such as
Meadowbrook. But Bray says
that "brooks and meadows are
not so easily created" and the
fact that this sort of thing is hap-pening
everywhere "doesn't
make the decay any less ag-gravating
or any less sad."
MYTHOLOGIZING THE past
can be dangerous, Bray said. He
cited the example of Ross
Lockridge, who wrote Raintree
County. Bray said that while
Lockridge was writing the novel,
he was able to "live the myth of
the god-like creator." But even-tually
he completed the book, and
"when it was finished," said
Bray, "so was he." Lockridge
committed suicide as he was
receiving his greatest recogni-tion.
Finally, Bray examined the
myth of the liberal arts, which he
concluded is "a story that could
be true." Bray says Wesleyan
gives students an opportunity to
"spend some crucial years as if
the world doesn't matter" and
that this "insularity gives us
distinction and purpose." Bray
concluded that "the liberal arts,
properly assimilated, will make
you free."
By Chris Hewitt
Student Senate President Don
Mizerk had said that senate had
to pass a budget for the '83-'84
school year at senate's May 1
meeting, and pass a budget they
did, with just a few accounts con-tended.
Sigma Chi senator Tim Brophy
proposed that the Argus Business
Manager's salary be raised from
$200 to $250. That salary had been
decreased from $250 to $200 in the
tentative Argus budget submitted
by Lori Linehan, next year's
editor.
Argus editor Chris Hewitt told
the senators that an increase in
ad rates and commissions will
probably make up the $50 dif-ference,
and WESN Station Man-ager
Kirk Johnson said that he
believes the decrease will pro-vide
"an incentive to sell adver-tising."
After a confusing series
of amendments-to-amendments,
the motion was defeated.
ONE $50 SALARY was added to
the budget. Media Commissioner
Greg Ohlendorf said "an over-sight"
has led to the failure to in-clude
a salary for the Wesleyana's
Living Units editor in the budget.
That additional salary was
unanimously approved.
Gulick senator David Maffet
questioned senate's allocation of
$355 to the cheerleaders. Maffet
questioned if the cheerleaders ac-tually
fall under senate's juris-diction,
but, speaking for the Fin-ancial
Advisory Board, Ferguson
senator Maureen Walsh said it
had been determined that cheer-leaders
are a senate responsibi-lity.
Dean of Students Dr. Glenn
Swichtenberg, who is also senate
advisor, said he believes prece-dent
has determined that "cheer-leaders
should be funded by
senate." And Treasurer Gevevie
McKeithan told senators that, if
they didn't fund the cheerleaders,
"you can pretty much forget
about having cheerleaders next
year."
WALSH TOLD senators that
FAB told the cheerleaders to look
for future alternative funding
sources, but that "FAB didn't
want to leave them out in the cold
this year, because they do serve
the student body." With one
abstention, the Special Interest
fund, which includes the cheer-leaders,
was passed.
The Fine Arts Festival's cut of
$3500 from last year was a sub-ject
raised by Blackstock senator
Laura Gibson. Gibson said, "I
would really hate to see the FAF
any lesser quality than it was this
year." Magill senator Andy Best
added that he thinks it is "impor-tant
that we try to keep up on ac-tivities
such as entertainment."
Gibson questioned the wisdom
of allocating $6000 for movies,
where she said "students just sit
in the dark," when the FAF of-fers
the "possibility of artists and
writers . . .coming to campus,
which I think is a little more in-teresting."
Gibson moved to add
$500 to the Fine Arts Festival ac-count.
McKEITHAN SAID THAT the
administration is still committed
to the festival and that, although
it "will be on a smaller scale,"
they were "pleased that we could
even put $1000 toward it."
McKeithan said that less than
half of the money allotted to the
festival was spent this year, and
acknowledged that it "may go to
an every-other-year event."
Gibson's motion failed, and the
Issues and Programming Com-mission
budget, including Fine
Arts Festival, was approved. The
14 budget
remainder of the budget was ap-proved
unanimously.
Most of the rest of the evening
was occupied by the discussion of
a proposal from the cheerlead-ers,
a discussion which seemed to
cheer none of those present.
SAYING THAT the cheerlead-ers
uniforms are "in really bad
shape" and that they are sizes
five and seven, while the
cheerleaders are sizes nine and
eleven, McKeithan presented a
proposal from cheerleading ad-visor
Carol Israel. McKeithan
said the cheerleaders had asked
senate to take out a $1500 loan to
finance new uniforms, since
"they have no source of income."
Walsh said, "Everybody in the
room thinks the idea of a loan is
ridiculous." Much of the discus-sion
centered on the question of
whether cheerleaders could seek
alternate methods of funding and
whether it would be wise for
senate to assume responsibility
for a loan in addition to the cur-rent
WESN loan.
After a motion to take out a
loan with the stipulation that the
cheerleaders pay senate back
was defeated, and Munsell
senator Cheryl Williams said
"we're sitting here wasting
time," the matter was sent to an
ad hoc committee.
SENATORS ALSO approved
Mizerk's appointment to all-university
committees, although
Kirk Johnson had expressed
reservations that many of the ap-pointees
already functioned on
senate in other capacities.
New committee members are:
Student Life Committee, Lori
Linehan, Don Mizerk, and Bren-da
Woods; Judiciary Committee,
Doug Ghidina, Mark Metzger,
Turn to page 6
mber 28
Illinois Wesleyan University
Final Exam Schedule
Second Semester 1983
DAY 8:00-10:00 10:15-12:15 1:15-3:15 3:30-5:30
MONDAY
1:10 Tues. Classes 9:00 Mon. Classes 10:50 Tues. Classes 8:00 Mon. Classes
MAY 9
TUESDAY
Expository Writ. Prin. of Econ. Interm. For. Lang Elem. For. Lang.
May 10
WEDNESDAY
9:25 Tues. Classes 10:00 Mon. Classes 1:00 Mon. Classes 2:00 Mon. Classes
May 11
THURSDAY
2:35 Tues. Classes 8:00 Tues. Classes 11:00 Mon. Classes Princ. of Acct.
May 12
FRIDAY
3:00 Mon. Classes 4:00 Mon. Classes
May 13

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ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
MDEV6O98 3
DEVOTED
"There are many faiths, but the Spirit
is one, in me, in you and in every man.
So that if each man believes in the
Spirit that is within him, we shall all
be united. Each man will be himself,
and all will be as one."
- Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection
TO THE CONCEPT OF FREE PRESS
Volume 89 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, May 6, 1983 Nu
Senate okays '83-'8
Rosanne West (left) and Leslie Hopkins were among the seniors in at-tendance
at Wednesday's Honors Day Convocation.
(Photo by Edith Hook)
Professor Bray speaks
at Honors Convocation
Dr. Robert Bray, associate pro-fessor
of English, spoke at the
Honors Day Convocation, honor-ing
seniors who excelled in
academics and activities.
Bray lamented the fact that ur-ban
sprawl and progress are
"robbing [Bloomington] of a
sense of distinctiveness," as
evidenced by the "ravaged heart
of the city and the devolutionized"
countryside. Bray said that the
"farmland is turning into sub-
Inside:
Finals
advice .... p.4
Summer
movie
preview .. p. 4
Second
Coming ... p. 6
Summer
theater ... p. 7
Crossword
puzzle .... p. 8
divisions" and that these "new
parts of the city can't remember
the places and values of the old."
According to Bray, real estate
planners are attempting to ar-tifically
create a new sense of
place and myth by naming their
subdivisions with names such as
Meadowbrook. But Bray says
that "brooks and meadows are
not so easily created" and the
fact that this sort of thing is hap-pening
everywhere "doesn't
make the decay any less ag-gravating
or any less sad."
MYTHOLOGIZING THE past
can be dangerous, Bray said. He
cited the example of Ross
Lockridge, who wrote Raintree
County. Bray said that while
Lockridge was writing the novel,
he was able to "live the myth of
the god-like creator." But even-tually
he completed the book, and
"when it was finished," said
Bray, "so was he." Lockridge
committed suicide as he was
receiving his greatest recogni-tion.
Finally, Bray examined the
myth of the liberal arts, which he
concluded is "a story that could
be true." Bray says Wesleyan
gives students an opportunity to
"spend some crucial years as if
the world doesn't matter" and
that this "insularity gives us
distinction and purpose." Bray
concluded that "the liberal arts,
properly assimilated, will make
you free."
By Chris Hewitt
Student Senate President Don
Mizerk had said that senate had
to pass a budget for the '83-'84
school year at senate's May 1
meeting, and pass a budget they
did, with just a few accounts con-tended.
Sigma Chi senator Tim Brophy
proposed that the Argus Business
Manager's salary be raised from
$200 to $250. That salary had been
decreased from $250 to $200 in the
tentative Argus budget submitted
by Lori Linehan, next year's
editor.
Argus editor Chris Hewitt told
the senators that an increase in
ad rates and commissions will
probably make up the $50 dif-ference,
and WESN Station Man-ager
Kirk Johnson said that he
believes the decrease will pro-vide
"an incentive to sell adver-tising."
After a confusing series
of amendments-to-amendments,
the motion was defeated.
ONE $50 SALARY was added to
the budget. Media Commissioner
Greg Ohlendorf said "an over-sight"
has led to the failure to in-clude
a salary for the Wesleyana's
Living Units editor in the budget.
That additional salary was
unanimously approved.
Gulick senator David Maffet
questioned senate's allocation of
$355 to the cheerleaders. Maffet
questioned if the cheerleaders ac-tually
fall under senate's juris-diction,
but, speaking for the Fin-ancial
Advisory Board, Ferguson
senator Maureen Walsh said it
had been determined that cheer-leaders
are a senate responsibi-lity.
Dean of Students Dr. Glenn
Swichtenberg, who is also senate
advisor, said he believes prece-dent
has determined that "cheer-leaders
should be funded by
senate." And Treasurer Gevevie
McKeithan told senators that, if
they didn't fund the cheerleaders,
"you can pretty much forget
about having cheerleaders next
year."
WALSH TOLD senators that
FAB told the cheerleaders to look
for future alternative funding
sources, but that "FAB didn't
want to leave them out in the cold
this year, because they do serve
the student body." With one
abstention, the Special Interest
fund, which includes the cheer-leaders,
was passed.
The Fine Arts Festival's cut of
$3500 from last year was a sub-ject
raised by Blackstock senator
Laura Gibson. Gibson said, "I
would really hate to see the FAF
any lesser quality than it was this
year." Magill senator Andy Best
added that he thinks it is "impor-tant
that we try to keep up on ac-tivities
such as entertainment."
Gibson questioned the wisdom
of allocating $6000 for movies,
where she said "students just sit
in the dark," when the FAF of-fers
the "possibility of artists and
writers . . .coming to campus,
which I think is a little more in-teresting."
Gibson moved to add
$500 to the Fine Arts Festival ac-count.
McKEITHAN SAID THAT the
administration is still committed
to the festival and that, although
it "will be on a smaller scale,"
they were "pleased that we could
even put $1000 toward it."
McKeithan said that less than
half of the money allotted to the
festival was spent this year, and
acknowledged that it "may go to
an every-other-year event."
Gibson's motion failed, and the
Issues and Programming Com-mission
budget, including Fine
Arts Festival, was approved. The
14 budget
remainder of the budget was ap-proved
unanimously.
Most of the rest of the evening
was occupied by the discussion of
a proposal from the cheerlead-ers,
a discussion which seemed to
cheer none of those present.
SAYING THAT the cheerlead-ers
uniforms are "in really bad
shape" and that they are sizes
five and seven, while the
cheerleaders are sizes nine and
eleven, McKeithan presented a
proposal from cheerleading ad-visor
Carol Israel. McKeithan
said the cheerleaders had asked
senate to take out a $1500 loan to
finance new uniforms, since
"they have no source of income."
Walsh said, "Everybody in the
room thinks the idea of a loan is
ridiculous." Much of the discus-sion
centered on the question of
whether cheerleaders could seek
alternate methods of funding and
whether it would be wise for
senate to assume responsibility
for a loan in addition to the cur-rent
WESN loan.
After a motion to take out a
loan with the stipulation that the
cheerleaders pay senate back
was defeated, and Munsell
senator Cheryl Williams said
"we're sitting here wasting
time," the matter was sent to an
ad hoc committee.
SENATORS ALSO approved
Mizerk's appointment to all-university
committees, although
Kirk Johnson had expressed
reservations that many of the ap-pointees
already functioned on
senate in other capacities.
New committee members are:
Student Life Committee, Lori
Linehan, Don Mizerk, and Bren-da
Woods; Judiciary Committee,
Doug Ghidina, Mark Metzger,
Turn to page 6
mber 28
Illinois Wesleyan University
Final Exam Schedule
Second Semester 1983
DAY 8:00-10:00 10:15-12:15 1:15-3:15 3:30-5:30
MONDAY
1:10 Tues. Classes 9:00 Mon. Classes 10:50 Tues. Classes 8:00 Mon. Classes
MAY 9
TUESDAY
Expository Writ. Prin. of Econ. Interm. For. Lang Elem. For. Lang.
May 10
WEDNESDAY
9:25 Tues. Classes 10:00 Mon. Classes 1:00 Mon. Classes 2:00 Mon. Classes
May 11
THURSDAY
2:35 Tues. Classes 8:00 Tues. Classes 11:00 Mon. Classes Princ. of Acct.
May 12
FRIDAY
3:00 Mon. Classes 4:00 Mon. Classes
May 13